diff --git a/tests/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index ab9511fa..253a5924 100644
--- a/tests/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,32 +106,6 @@ function(escape_code path escaped_content pre_header post_header)
     set(${post_header} ${example_post_header} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
-# Only gears.debug.print_warning are allowed on stderr, everything else will
-# trigger a build failure to catch regressions and problem early.
-function(check_for_problems stderr result)
-
-    # If there is nothing to check, return
-    if (TEST_ERROR STREQUAL "")
-        set(${result} 0 PARENT_SCOPE)
-        return()
-    endif()
-
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" ";" error_lines "${stderr}")
-
-    foreach (LINE ${error_lines})
-
-        # gears.debug.print_warning lines look like:
-        # yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss W: message content
-        if (NOT ${LINE} MATCHES "^[0-9 :-]+ W:")
-            set(${result} 1 PARENT_SCOPE)
-            return()
-        endif()
-
-    endforeach()
-
-    set(${result} 0 PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
-
 # Execute a lua file.
 function(run_test test_path namespace template escaped_content)
 
@@ -159,8 +133,7 @@ function(run_test test_path namespace template escaped_content)
     )
 
     # If there is something on stderr, exit
-    check_for_problems("${TEST_ERROR}" problems_found)
-    if (${problems_found})
+    if (NOT TEST_ERROR STREQUAL "")
         message("${TEST_OUTPUT}")
         message("${TEST_ERROR}")
         message(FATAL_ERROR ${test_path} " A test failed, bye")
diff --git a/tests/examples/awful/template.lua b/tests/examples/awful/template.lua
index 21dfdedc..b31088f3 100644
--- a/tests/examples/awful/template.lua
+++ b/tests/examples/awful/template.lua
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ pcall(function()
     require("luacov.runner")(luacovpath)
 end)
 
+-- Silence debug warnings
+require("gears.debug").print_warning = function() end
+
 local color     = require( "gears.color" )
 local shape     = require( "gears.shape" )
 local beautiful = require( "beautiful"   )
diff --git a/tests/examples/gears/shape/template.lua b/tests/examples/gears/shape/template.lua
index 86fcc467..e3b0ca25 100644
--- a/tests/examples/gears/shape/template.lua
+++ b/tests/examples/gears/shape/template.lua
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ pcall(function()
     require("luacov.runner")(luacovpath)
 end)
 
+-- Silence debug warnings
+require("gears.debug").print_warning = function() end
+
 local function get_surface(p)
     local img = cairo.SvgSurface.create(p, 288, 76)
     return cairo.Context(img)
diff --git a/tests/examples/text/template.lua b/tests/examples/text/template.lua
index fa7d093c..a185adf3 100644
--- a/tests/examples/text/template.lua
+++ b/tests/examples/text/template.lua
@@ -15,5 +15,8 @@ pcall(function()
     require("luacov.runner")(luacovpath)
 end)
 
+-- Silence debug warnings
+require("gears.debug").print_warning = function() end
+
 -- Execute the test
 loadfile(file_path)()
diff --git a/tests/examples/wibox/container/defaults/template.lua b/tests/examples/wibox/container/defaults/template.lua
index 71a2e876..772389ce 100644
--- a/tests/examples/wibox/container/defaults/template.lua
+++ b/tests/examples/wibox/container/defaults/template.lua
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ pcall(function()
     require("luacov.runner")(luacovpath)
 end)
 
+-- Silence debug warnings
+require("gears.debug").print_warning = function() end
+
 -- Let the test request a size and file format
 local before, after = loadfile(file_path)()
 
diff --git a/tests/examples/wibox/layout/template.lua b/tests/examples/wibox/layout/template.lua
index 567cdfb9..50f9bf64 100644
--- a/tests/examples/wibox/layout/template.lua
+++ b/tests/examples/wibox/layout/template.lua
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ pcall(function()
     require("luacov.runner")(luacovpath)
 end)
 
+-- Silence debug warnings
+require("gears.debug").print_warning = function() end
+
 -- Create a generic rectangle widget to show layout disposition
 local function generic_widget(text)
     return {
diff --git a/tests/examples/wibox/template.lua b/tests/examples/wibox/template.lua
index 570c0dee..b765e44c 100644
--- a/tests/examples/wibox/template.lua
+++ b/tests/examples/wibox/template.lua
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ pcall(function()
     require("luacov.runner")(luacovpath)
 end)
 
+-- Silence debug warnings
+require("gears.debug").print_warning = function() end
+
 -- This is the main widget the tests will use as top level
 local container = wibox.layout.fixed.vertical()